tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37388994.post5337273211479712029..comments2024-01-13T00:38:28.549-08:00Comments on Southern California Aquatics SCAQ Swim Club: Showdown in Westwood: 'blueseventy' versus the 'Jaked' - Erik Hochstein tests & reviews!Tony Austinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109365938555421509noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37388994.post-45455886957097257362009-07-16T13:07:48.969-07:002009-07-16T13:07:48.969-07:00You and I would look really yummy in a Jaked!You and I would look really yummy in a Jaked!Tony Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00109365938555421509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37388994.post-88650092362067294492009-07-16T12:36:53.883-07:002009-07-16T12:36:53.883-07:00Hilarious and fascinating account, thanks Tony and...Hilarious and fascinating account, thanks Tony and Erik. Certainly does make all the recent WRs seem a little less impressive. <br /><br />Tony, why must you be so simple when there are so many fabulous ways to overanalyze this? I say we procure a couple Jaked suits and go workout in the fast lane. ;-)Kerrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37388994.post-82440219828593360962009-07-16T11:02:04.333-07:002009-07-16T11:02:04.333-07:00Very cleverly written, amusing article. Can I assu...Very cleverly written, amusing article. Can I assume that the skin was not shaved?John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37388994.post-35270657859683328012009-07-16T07:55:43.260-07:002009-07-16T07:55:43.260-07:00I think the best way to judge if a suit is faster ...I think the best way to judge if a suit is faster is to look at the athlete's times in a race.Tony Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00109365938555421509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37388994.post-17098297649885240242009-07-16T00:06:44.741-07:002009-07-16T00:06:44.741-07:00erik left out a lot of important info!
did he war...erik left out a lot of important info!<br /><br />did he warm up? or use the first set of 50s with "skin" as the warm up?<br /><br />he mentioned he had to share the lane with other swimmers, but did he ever draft off of these swimmers?<br /><br />did he use full body suits, leg skin, knee skin, etc?<br /><br />were any other measurements taken besides time? his reaction time and underwater distance/time should have been measured!<br /><br />the problem with "experiments" or "studies" like this is that you can't replicate the exact same swim with each different suit/variable.<br /><br />i would say the only way to "compare" one suit to another is to determine the friction coefficiency of the material, elasticity of the fit, area covered by the suit, etc.Cuylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01735284080623338327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37388994.post-10132377650187486122009-07-15T21:30:18.656-07:002009-07-15T21:30:18.656-07:00A 6% improvement skin v. Jaked... And the test sea...A 6% improvement skin v. Jaked... And the test seams to indicate a significant difference between the Jaked and the blueseventy... <br /><br />This sort of thing makes the record book irrelevant.<br /><br />Frankly, the big issue is not the improvement, skin v. Jaked. I could live with world records and national records being wiped out with the suits.<br /><br />What I can't stomach, though, is the difference between the suits. It is patently unfair. It changes the sport from technique based to equipment based. <br /><br />For the suits to stay, they have to be regulated. They have to be uniform.TedBakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37388994.post-30308402596555432462009-07-15T16:18:28.105-07:002009-07-15T16:18:28.105-07:00Just some food for thought here-
Erik was 6% fas...Just some food for thought here- <br /><br />Erik was 6% faster with the speed suit than he was without it. What if we generalized and applied this 6% difference to an historical swim?<br /><br />In 1984, Dara Torres set a world-record in the 50 free with a 25.61.<br /><br />In 2008, wearing a speed suit, she set an American record in the 50 free with a 24.07.<br /><br />The difference in the two times? 6%<br /><br />Mark SavageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37388994.post-64435627239154372982009-07-15T11:39:34.023-07:002009-07-15T11:39:34.023-07:00A 6% difference in time from skin to his fastest 5...A 6% difference in time from skin to his fastest 50!<br /><br />Mark SavageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37388994.post-88667899656224398252009-07-14T17:28:41.262-07:002009-07-14T17:28:41.262-07:00hey you think you can lean on Erik to do a similar...hey you think you can lean on Erik to do a similar test in another stroke or two? my personal experience in testing the Tracer Light and Blueseventy is that the stroke you're swimming can make a big difference into which one you end up liking more.Rob Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352631516200754232noreply@blogger.com